Chapter 188 Let’s Make a Bet
Siming stood at the bow of the boat in no hurry: "Liao Kui, I'll give you another ten minutes. If you refuse to surrender, don't blame me for being ruthless."
The man next to Liao Kui looked at him, then looked at his family hiding under the cabin, who were watching them in fear: "Big Boss."
"Okay, let's take a gamble. If it's not as you said, we'll find another opportunity to escape." Liao Kui also saw his family in the cabin looking at him with concern.
"Si Ming, I want to talk to you." Liao Kui raised his hands and slowly stood up.
"Okay." Siming did not ask the soldiers to put away their guns pointing at the ships.
Liao Kui saw it but didn't say much. He knew his current situation. He was the butcher and I was the fish.
"I can surrender, and I can also let my brothers submit to you, but you must ensure the safety of our families."
He looked at Siming and loudly stated his conditions.
"You don't have the capital to negotiate with me now." Si Ming's expression did not change.
"I don't ask them to have enough food and clothing, as long as they can have a place to live in peace." Liao Kui took a step back.
"Liao Kui, you are a bandit and I am a soldier. Even if I agree to you, will it be of any benefit to me?" Siming asked casually.
"You can take our lives if you want, but I just hope you can spare my family's lives. All the burning, killing and looting were done by me, and have nothing to do with our family."
"If you agree to take my life, I, Liao Kui, will not object. I also hope you will spare my brothers."
"I forced them to take this path. Even if you have to do hard labor, I only ask that you let them live."
"Boss." The pirate hiding nearby shouted excitedly.
"At worst, we can fight them." The pirate stood up and stood next to Liao Kui.
"Click!" All the guns on Sima Ming's side were loaded and aimed at them. If they dared to move, they would be shot into sieves.
"Don't move." Liao Kui quickly held down the brothers beside him, fearing that they would die in the end due to their impulsiveness.
"General Si, we were also involved in these things. If you want to kill me, kill me. Don't harm the innocent. Our family members were not involved."
"Dad."
"son."
The people hiding under the cabin could no longer bear it and ran out.
A group of people knelt on the ground, looking at Siming with tears in their eyes: "General, we can't make ends meet anymore, so we became pirates."
"We know this is wrong, but we have no choice. We just want to survive."
"Please, as long as you let them live, we will do anything, please."
They kowtowed to Sima Ming, their foreheads hitting the wooden board with a "dong dong" sound.
Siming looked at the people opposite him: "Liao Kui, I can spare your lives, but I also have a request."
The people who were kowtowing opposite him all looked at him, waiting for him to state his request.
"I want all of you pirates to join the army. Even without me telling you, you know that I'm not the only commander-in-chief in this world."
"And not everyone in this country is united. If you want to protect the people in front of you, then you can only stand on the same line with me."
"When we are strong, the enemy is weak; when we are weak, the enemy is strong. It's up to you to choose." Siming said and looked at the person opposite.
Liao Kui didn't quite understand what he meant. He turned around and looked at the brother behind him who had been through life and death with him.
The man who had persuaded Liao Kui stepped forward and saluted Si Ming: "General Si, what do you want to do?"
"I want the Beiyang government to be strong, and I also want the entire country to be strong and not be disturbed by foreign enemies, but I can't do it alone, and I can't protect everyone." Siming looked at Liao Kui and others.
Liao Kui didn't expect to hear such an answer. He turned around and looked at his brothers behind him.
I only saw the fear in their eyes fade away and their gazes become firm.
They are indeed fierce, but they also have weaknesses, and their family is their biggest weakness. If they had not rebelled against the previous warlords, they would not have taken this path.
He was the first to kneel on the ground and said, "General, I am willing to join the army. I only ask that you give my family a place to stay. I am also willing to hand over the property we have robbed over the years."
The others also knelt on the ground. They had robbed a lot of property, but it was difficult to find a place to settle down.
Siming looked at Adjutant Qi and said, "Take people to confiscate all the guns and weapons in their hands."
"Yes." Adjutant Qi ordered his men to take away all the weapons from Liao Kui and the others.
With Liao Kui's help, the people on the other ships quickly reached a consensus, but not everyone would give up the wealth and glory they had robbed for their families.
Sima Ming never shows mercy to such people. He just shoots them and sends them wherever they should go.
He also doesn't need people who are not on the same page with him. Such people are difficult to use and need to be guarded against.
The pirates felt mixed emotions when they saw these people die. It was true that they were brothers who had been through life and death together, but it was inevitable that they felt sad when they saw them die.
But they also know that these people will one day betray them because of their wealth.
They are never of the same mind and there is always a time when they go their separate ways.
All the weapons of Siming and others were confiscated. In order to prevent accidents, he still asked Adjutant Qi and others to tie up everyone and throw them into the cabin.
Liao Kui and the others did not show much emotion. They only asked after the soldiers left.
"Boss, can Commander Si really be trusted?"
"I don't know." Liao Kui leaned on the wooden board behind him. He was also gambling.
He bet that Sima Ming was really as he said. Even if he fought hard today, he would still die. But now, if he could live for a little longer, it would be considered a gain.
"General, everyone has been locked up in the cabin. I have sent people to take away the things they looted." Adjutant Qi came to Siming's side.
Sima Ming looked at the boats in the reeds. These boats were still good. It would be a pity to leave them here and not be able to take them back.
To build an arsenal, the river over there will require a lot of ships, so we should save as much as possible.
But he didn't know that during the time he was away, several people in his family earned millions of silver dollars.
"Go and take a look. Are these ships really unusable?"
Adjutant Qi was actually quite surprised. When they went up to collect the weapons, they checked everywhere and found nothing wrong with the ship.
It wasn't entangled by anything, so it was really strange that it couldn't move.
"I'll take some people to try it out and see if it works." After he said that, he pointed to a few people and went to one of the boats.
They tried it together and found that the boat could move.
Siming stood at the bow and watched the ship move for a distance. He raised his eyebrows slightly.
It was indeed true that they couldn't move before, not only the ship Liao Kui was on, but also the other ships, otherwise they would have run away long ago.
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